This Web-based module is a component of the Integrated Sensor Training (IST) Professional Development Series (PDS) Professional Competency Unit #6-Satellite Data and Products. Dr. Stan Kidder of the Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA) at Colorado State University is the principal science advisor for this module with significant assistance from Dr. Gary Hufford (NWS Alaska Region). The module provides an overview of current polar satellite products and their applications in forecasting situations and also contains a summary of instruments currently in use and a short history of the U.S. polar satellite program. The module is the first in a series focusing on polar satellite products and applications.

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eleanor.dhuyvetter 2018-07-30 19:07:46

Informative intro to POES capabilities.

2018-07-06 08:44:10

Remember how much you hated watching educational videos from the 50s and 60s when you went to school in the 80s or 90s? That's what this lesson is. It's nearly 20 years old and desperately needs to be redone.

manofmet 2018-02-05 07:39:32

The module could do a better job of answering the quiz questions as it goes. The questions are all mixed up in the quiz at the end, which makes it awfully difficult to keep track of what question is where in the 15 question test.

jandrews0395 2018-01-15 22:29:15

Wayyyyyyyyyyyyy to detailed for this level in the Broadcast Meteorology program

Swithers 2018-01-10 10:47:21

The module review was not consistent with the materials presented. The material presented in the module was informative, but the questions were not created using the same information but relied to heavily on interpretation for an introduction module.

pic2 2018-01-05 16:59:16

THIS IS ON THE JOB TRAINING.

christstoo 2017-02-17 09:18:20

This lesson is setup to rush through the different types of POES products. The quiz is extremely specific and does not seem like it is just an introduction.

July 2014: This lesson's 1999 publication date precludes it from mentioning many of the newer capabilities and products available today. Despite this, the lesson still serves as a valid and basic introduction to how polar-orbiting satellites operate.

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